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Mumbai: Moonlighting has become a buzz word of late with IT majors Infosys and Wipro opposing this practice. Infosys even warned its employees that moonlighting could lead to termination of their contracts. Moonlighting is the practice of keeping a second job in addition to regular employment. While it may have come as a boon for many enabling techies to earn an extra income apart from their salaries, it could become hard for the employees of IBM as the company has joined the IT industrys chorus on moonlighting, terming the practice of moonlighting "unethical.

IBM India MD on moonlighting

When people are employed by IBM, they sign an agreement assuring that they would work only for the company. So, notwithstanding what people can do with the rest of their time, it's not ethical to do that. That's my position, Patel underscored at the IBM Think conference in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Quantum computing in India

Patel, in a separate interview with Economic Times later in the day shared that his company had outlined a broad roadmap for the growth of quantum computing in India. The evolution of computing from supercomputers to quantum computing should involve solving real-world problems, he said.

There are four aspects to making this real in any market skilling and training, building ecosystems, looking at the industry and enterprises in terms of identification of real-life use cases and working with the government on regulation and public policy, Patel added.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras would join the IBM Quantum Network, making it the first Indian institution to join the over 180-member network of the American technology company, the IT firm had announced earlier this week.

He also reflected upon the talent crunch, sharing that the firm is focusing on expanding its presence across emerging cities (tier 2 and tier 3 cities) to tap talent. Through the pandemic we did see a lot of migration of our professionals to their hometowns. That migration has not reversed completely which is why across the industry we have had to move and accept more of a hybrid work model, Patel said.

WFH at Red Hat

Meanwhile, IBM subsidiary Red Hat will continue to work from home. With Covid still a concern for associates caring for immunocompromised loved ones, no Red Hatter is required to be in an office if they do not wish to return.

Weve expanded the flexibility by offering the majority of our associates the freedom to be office-flex. While some of our tech peers are pulling employees back to the office, we dont think our workforce needs to be in an office to be successful weve seen the value in providing flexibility, Jennifer Dudeck, SVP and chief people officer at Red Hat, said.

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Making more money becomes hard for techies as after Infosys and Wipro, this big IT companys MD says moonlight - Times Now